Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Foolishness Quotes

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...